Han­nu Hau­ta­la appoint­ed CEO of Luxmet Oy to lead the company’s inter­na­tion­al growth

Oulu, Fin­land, 27 August 2026 – Luxmet is mov­ing from tech­nol­o­gy devel­op­ment and indus­tri­al val­i­da­tion into a new phase of inter­na­tion­al growth. The Board of Direc­tors of Luxmet Oy has appoint­ed Han­nu Hau­ta­la as CEO of the com­pa­ny, effec­tive 1 Sep­tem­ber 2026, to lead this next phase of growth. Most recent­ly, Hau­ta­la led Keliber Oy’s near­ly EUR 800 mil­lion lithi­um project in Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia, Fin­land.

Luxmet has devel­oped a patent­ed opti­cal emis­sion spec­troscopy solu­tion for real-time process mea­sure­ment and opti­mi­sa­tion in the steel and met­als indus­tries. The tech­nol­o­gy has been used and val­i­dat­ed in cus­tomers’ pro­duc­tion envi­ron­ments. Luxmet’s cus­tomer and devel­op­ment ref­er­ences include Out­okumpu, SSAB, Ovako, Cel­sa, Georgs­marien­hütte and Fer­alpi. The com­pa­ny has cus­tomers across Europe, Asia, Africa and Aus­tralia. Hau­ta­la will be respon­si­ble for dri­ving Luxmet’s inter­na­tion­al sales growth and strength­en­ing the company’s glob­al part­ner net­work.

“Luxmet has devel­oped patent­ed tech­nol­o­gy that has been val­i­dat­ed at more than ten indus­tri­al cus­tomer sites. The focus is now shift­ing to inter­na­tion­al sales growth. Han­nu has exten­sive expe­ri­ence in lead­ing inter­na­tion­al indus­tri­al busi­ness­es, deep knowl­edge of the steel indus­try, an exten­sive inter­na­tion­al net­work and a sol­id under­stand­ing of Luxmet’s tech­nol­o­gy. This gives him an excel­lent foun­da­tion for lead­ing Luxmet’s next phase of inter­na­tion­al growth,” says Mikko Nissi­nen, Chair­man of the Board of Luxmet.

“I am excit­ed to lead Luxmet into its next phase. After a long inter­na­tion­al career in indus­try, I am high­ly moti­vat­ed to help steel com­pa­nies improve pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and reduce CO₂ emis­sions. I know Luxmet’s tech­nol­o­gy and the mar­ket well. I see strong poten­tial in Luxmet, and our key pri­or­i­ty now is to dri­ve glob­al sales growth,” Hau­ta­la says.

Hau­ta­la already knows Luxmet well from his time on the Board and is famil­iar with its tech­nol­o­gy, cus­tomers and mar­ket. He will step down from the Board when he becomes CEO.

Luxmet’s cur­rent CEO, founder and largest share­hold­er, Mikko Joki­nen, is prepar­ing for retire­ment. He ini­ti­at­ed the suc­ces­sion process well in advance to ensure an order­ly tran­si­tion. From 1 Sep­tem­ber, Joki­nen will con­tin­ue as Chief Tech­nol­o­gy Offi­cer dur­ing the tran­si­tion peri­od, ensur­ing con­ti­nu­ity in Luxmet’s tech­nol­o­gy and know-how and sup­port­ing an order­ly han­dover of respon­si­bil­i­ties as Hau­ta­la assumes respon­si­bil­i­ty for the company’s oper­a­tions.

About Luxmet Oy
Luxmet Oy is a Finnish indus­tri­al tech­nol­o­gy com­pa­ny and the world’s first provider of opti­cal emis­sion-based solu­tions for real-time mon­i­tor­ing of process­es in the steel and met­als indus­tries. The company’s tech­nol­o­gy pro­vides real-time infor­ma­tion by analysing light emit­ted direct­ly by the indus­tri­al process at dif­fer­ent wave­lengths. The mea­sure­ment data helps cus­tomers improve pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, reduce ener­gy con­sump­tion and opti­mise indus­tri­al process­es.

For fur­ther infor­ma­tion
Mikko Nissi­nen
Chair­man of the Board
Luxmet Oy
+358 40 763 4053

Han­nu Hau­ta­la
CEO as of 1 Sep­tem­ber 2026
Luxmet Oy
hannu.hautala@luxmet.fi
+358 40 712 2432